Tim Berners-Lee

• Watchers of Fridays opening ceremony for the London Olympics were thrown a curveball during the festivities. In addition the many athletes honored at the Olympic Stadium, a long tribute was paid to one Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
(Huffington Post)
• It turns out Meredith Vieira isnt the only one who didnt recognize Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web, who was featured in part of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
(Zap2it.com)
• Big name singers, actors and even the inventor of the world wide web spoke of their pride at being a part of London 2012s live opening ceremony. A whole section was dedicated to Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web.
(huffingtonpost.co.uk)
• As the London Olympic games honored World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee, NBC hosts Meredith Viera and Matt Lauer admitted–almost bragged–that they didn't know who he was. Wow, pretty embarrassing.
(All Things Digital)
• Who is he? One of the stars of the Olympic opening ceremony. Which one? When the house thingy was lifted off the stage at the end of the music dance mix, he was the bloke sitting next to a computer. Its coming back to me.
(The Guardian)
• While an independent contractor at CERN from June to December 1980, Berners-Lee proposed a project based on the concept of hypertext, to facilitate sharing and updating information among researchers.
(Worldnews.com)
• The Olympic opening ceremony celebrated Sir Tim Berners-Lee - by asking the founder of the World Wide Wed to play a key part in opening of the London Olympic Games, delivering a specially prepared tweet to the world.
(Pocket-lint.com)
• The most egregious moment of commentary had come earlier when Matt and Meredith mentioned that there was to be a tribute to someone called Tim Berners-Lee.
(The Guardian)
• The whole show veered from cute to creepy and from familiar to baffling, including a pop music tribute to Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. Most of all, it showed a love of movies that celebrate British eccentricity.
(New York Times)
• He clearly was not on any judo team. And then, in French and English he was introduced—Ladies and gentlemen, the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. The crowd roared like a javelin just went through Hitler in effigy.
(Gizmodo)